Category Archives: Fiber Cable Assemblies

High Density Push-Pull TAB Fiber Patch Cables

With the ever-increasing demand for IT resources, data centers should also grow to keep the pace with customers’ needs. However, adding more floor space is an expensive, disruptive and sometimes un-affordable solution. Therefore, engineers prefer to increase the power density … Continue reading

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Fiber Color Code and Fiber Connector Color Code

Various colors of fiber optic cabling components including fiber optic cables, connectors and adapters add color and life to data center. Image if there is no fiber color code for these fiber optic cabling components, the data centers which are … Continue reading

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Complicated Fiber Optic Terminologies Are No Longer Complicated

Fiber optics is a technology that uses glass or plastic threads, namely fibers to transmit data. With its advantages over copper network, fiber optic lines have revolutionized long-distance phone calls, cable TV and the Internet. However, to many newbies of … Continue reading

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OM3 vs OM4 Fiber Cables: What Are Their Similarities and Differences?

OM3 and OM4 fiber cables are both popular multimode cables for fiber cabling. We know that they are both the optimized upgrade of OM2 for higher bandwidth applications. However, OM3 vs OM4, what are their differences? Here will discuss these … Continue reading

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Small Form Factor Fiber Optic Connectors

Since the 1990s, many small form factor (SFF) fiber optic connectors have been developed to fill the interest in devices that may fit into tight spaces and permit denser packing of connections such as fiber patch cables. Some are miniaturized … Continue reading

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